Oct 5, 2020 | ¡Presente!, IFOR, Interfaith, International, News, Thich Nhat Hanh, Uncategorized
by Paul Dekar Renowned Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh, born on October 11, 1926 in the city of Hue in Central Vietnam, author of over a hundred books, has bestowed upon us all an enormous gift of interconnection with one’s true self, others, nature, and beyond. Nhat...
Mar 1, 2019 | Civil Rights, News, Racial, Reparations
On February 28, 2019, The New York Times published a 6-minute multimedia video, narrated by Times contributing opinion writer Coleman Hughes, titled “The Gay, Black Civil Rights Hero Opposed to Affirmative Action: How would Bayard Rustin be judged today?”...
Feb 28, 2019 | International, News
Vijay Prashad’s insightful post (“Notes from the Streets of Venezuela: The People Are Resilient in the Face of Intervention,” Feb. 26, 2019, Independent Media Institute via CommonDreams) reveals some vital on-the-ground realities in Venezuela today....
Feb 5, 2019 | FORusa Feature, Human Rights, IFOR, International, News, Peacebuilding
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Leaders Demand that the U.N. Human Rights Council Mandate a Fact-Finding Mission to English-Speaking Cameroon Press Conferences to be held in three cities on February 7, 2019 PRESS CONTACTS: Geneva: Dr. Bernadette Ateghang, +49 176 8655 4127 New...
Dec 21, 2018 | Environmental, FORusa Feature, News, Uncategorized
May we utilize the serenity of this blessed winter season to journey deep within our own hearts. May we search our souls for the perfected reflection of our true being. May we release our differences into the chill of the evening air, watching the bias, prejudice and...
Oct 22, 2018 | Conscientious Objection, News
Jim Forest worked for the Fellowship of Reconciliation in the 1960s and ’70s, and later for the International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR). In 1969, Forest was in Waupun State Prison in Wisconsin, with 13 other anti-war activists, for burning U.S....
